D1, D2, Tango, Phobos, Std, Runtime

[Jesse Phillips]

On Friday, 6 April 2012 at 15:28:38 UTC, Paul wrote:
> I was reading a wiki about D and it talked about Tango vs. 
> Phobos.  I read some items on runtime vs. standard libraries as 
> well.  I am bit confused about all of it.  Are the standard 
> libraries compiled into every exe and then the runtimes linked 
> as needed?  Are they all or nothing entities?  In other words 
> if I need a function to I have to include the whole library in 
> my exe?
>  Is Tango the latest and Phobos the original?  Which should a 
> new programmer start with?  Appreciate your patience(s).

D2 Phobos

Tango is compatible with this configuration, 
https://github.com/SiegeLord/Tango-D2

Don't worry about the old details of D1.